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Need computer help, please

I recently dusted off my copy of Baldur's Gate II Shadows of Amn for the PC. It doesn't want to install. I have Vista (assuming that's the problem) on my Dell PC. I have way more than enough PC power to run the game, other games install just fine.

It recognizes the disc, but when I click the Install button, nothing happens. HEEEELLLLPPPPP!!!!!

You didn't by chance have it stored close to something that has or had a magnetic field to it. Sometimes, this can erase a disk. Unfortunately, I had this happen once. It was totally accidental, since I didn't know that one of the items that was inside that box had a magnet inside it.

I recently tried an install on the one windows machine I have. The program "required" Win 95, it runs XP so it wouldn't install. You may be having such a version problem. It's looking for "windows version of the day" and finding your machine has been downgraded to Vista

Garry AKA --Phoenix-- Rising above the Flames. My favorite game console is a table and chairs. The Olde Phoenix Inn

When upidstay said about dusting of something, I assumed that it was old and could have been on a 3 and 1/2 inch disk. Don't think that they were using the old 5 and 1/4 "floppy" disks by that time. Funny how they were all referred to as disks.

Ok then you might be able to run it in compatibility mode. I can show you the steps for XP. It might be the same for Vista.

Open the CD and find the installer. Right click on it and click on Properties. One of the tabs is "Compatibility", click that. There's a checkbox and a dropdown with a list of Windows programs; 95, 98/ME, NT 4.0, and 2000.

Once it's installed, you may need to find the Baldar's Gate executable as well and do the same steps for it to run.